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Job hunt, interview tips given

By Suzanne Tomse | February 25, 1987

"The first impression is a lasting impression," said Vanessa Weathersby, staff assistant for campus recruitment at Sears. Weathersby and Gary Scott, NIU's Career Planning and Placement director, offered the following interviewing tips for students: Have...

City trashes garbage collection fee hike

By David Johnston | February 25, 1987

A proposed increase in DeKalb's garbage collection fee was rejected by the DeKalb City Council at their regular meeting Monday. The council voted 4-2 against accepting the city staff's recommendation to allow a $2.97 per unit per year increase in the...

Strategy session tries balancing budget

By David Johnston | February 23, 1987

Alternatives to increasing DeKalb residents' taxes or cutting city services will be considered tonight in a special joint meeting of the DeKalb City Council and the Finance Advisory Board. City Manager Mark Stevens said the purpose of the meeting is to...

Speech criticizes country’s attitude

By Gretchyn Lenger | February 23, 1987

The middle class is collapsing, and this generation's challenge is to implement laws against racism and unite against economic violence, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said Saturday. The United States has lost 500,000 manufacturing jobs in the last seven years,...

WKDI gets funding for news wire

By Tammy Sholer | February 23, 1987

The Student Association Finance Committee Thursday ratified $5,000 to pay for a news wire service for WKDI in the 1987-88 school year that was almost zero-funded by the SA Senate last semester. The United Press International (UPI) wire service enables...

Basketball player loses in court

By Debra Fleischman | February 23, 1987

editor Jerry Williams lost another round in his efforts to finish the season as a playing member of NIU's basketball team. U.S. District Court Judge Charles Norgle on Friday denied Williams a preliminary injuction that would have allowed the academically...

More credit due

February 20, 1987

I‘d like to correct the impression created by Wednesday's story on Jesse Jackson's visit to NIU. When I was interviewed about Jesse Jackson, the reporter asked me how Rev. Jackson was approached and asked to speak at NIU. What I told the reporter, which...

Sexist term in catalog causes debate

By Suzanne Tomse | February 20, 1987

Eliminating the use of sexist language in the NIU Undergraduate catalog was one of the goals discussed at the Council on Instruction's Thursday meeting. Continuing a process started in 1985 to change all the sexist terms in the catalog, the council wants...

Group protests JLS’s criticizing U.S. Govt.

By Gretchyn Lenger | February 20, 1987

campus editor A group of demonstrators calling themselves "Students For America" gathered in the Martin Luther King Memorial Commons Wednesday night to protest the John Lennon Society. NIU history instructor and graduate student Michael Hickey said he...

Star wars useless

February 20, 1987

In response to Mike Murvihill's letter about Star Wars (Feb. 9), I would first like to say I find it hard to believe we could build the whole Star Wars system for $30 billion to $60 billion when we have just recently spent $26 billion on Star Wars research...

Burglaries plague local businesses

By M. Michelle Byrne | February 20, 1987

Broken windows and pried open cash registers were the trademarks of four burglaries to West Lincoln Highway businesses late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning. DeKalb Police Detective Jim Kayes said the burglaries were probably all committed by...

Possible fee hikes total $16.32

By Paul Wagner | February 20, 1987

NIU Students will have to pay an additional $16.32 in fees if Thursday's recommendations to the President's Fee Study Committee are approved. The recommended increases in four fees totaling $16.32 per semester will be sent to NIU President John LaTourette...